Vitali's more crowd pleasing than PBF...

[Tom_Tocca]

...just not enough pleasing for the average fan...

...Mayweather got booed in LV last week, Vitali this weekend in LA...

...but at least Vitali tried, Mayweather never want to...

[Benny Leonard]

Vitali tries to knock his opponents out; Floyd doesn't always.

I thought it was a smart fight and a very good performance by Vitali.

Wasn't pleased with people booing him at the end. He looked a bit shocked but handled things well.
Vitali is a part of LA and has been for some time now...as well as being the World Champion (along with his brother) who will fight in the USA and outside the USA.
There was nothing to Booo Vitali on.

[cyutetrick]

Unfortunately there is gonna be a couple more vitali one sided fights for him where there is more drama and chances of mayweather getting dethroned.

[Benny Leonard]

Unfortunately there is gonna be a couple more vitali one sided fights for him where there is more drama and chances of mayweather getting dethroned.

Agree. Floyd is in a better situation because he has a pool of talent to pick from to fight where Vitali has nobody basically.

The fight with Lewis was very exciting and had the crowd cheering from the opening bell.

[βetamax]

I disagree. They both put on a similar performance but Vitali is just too big to be aesthetically pleasing to watch compared to Mayweather who can do things like throwing lightning quick lead hooks.

[Walt Liquor]

The ts is correct. There are few fighters more exrucuiatingly boring to watch than pbf. Floyd is like watching golf, vitali is like watching the NFL compared to floyd.


When's the last time you heard the crowd going bananas for a floyd fight and the crowd was supporting floyd?

[Solntse]

Vitali tries to knock his opponents out; Floyd doesn't always.

I thought it was a smart fight and a very good performance by Vitali.

Wasn't pleased with people booing him at the end. He looked a bit shocked but handled things well.
Vitali is a part of LA and has been for some time now...as well as being the World Champion (along with his brother) who will fight in the USA and outside the USA.
There was nothing to Booo Vitali on.

They booed because they were rooting for Areola, but Vitali's performance was amazing for an heavyweight, I was really impressed.

[Tom_Tocca]

I disagree. They both put on a similar performance but Vitali is just too big to be aesthetically pleasing to watch compared to Mayweather who can do things like throwing lightning quick lead hooks.

Vitali can throw the lead left uppercut with a 40 percentage chance to land...

[Tom_Tocca]

I also have to post this comment on this thread, too:

IMO Floyd's and Vitali's performance nearly equals each other...both have the highest efficiency in the world today in boxing and both ain't going straight out for the KO.

The only difference is that Vitali works for nearly the whole round of each fight, is by far bigger than Floyd, doubles up on Folyd's punch output and still is in Floyd's efficiency regions - not to mention that he's fighting hands down for nearly a whole fight today...

...in a few words: Vitali is p4p, at least top20...

[firstborn]

Vatali is just to big for the rest of the fighters in division. He's learned how to use his size and reach like he should and doesnt allow himself to get baited into a brawl. I like him as a fighter but he aint the P4P. He wins alot just because of his size advantage and has never faced a larger fighter. He has more advantages than Mayweather has ever had against another fighter.